The Municipal People's Party submitted a motion in Parliament in September "to support the residents of Totana to develop, as the first half of economic activity and family life, peddling to the constraints of the exercise of this activity by the application of the new law imposed by the Government of the Nation. "
"Also, through popular initiative request the Directorate General for Trade of the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research in the Region of Murcia to initiate the actions similar to those developed by other Spanish regions to extend the time limits set out possible , which requires periodically to limit the authorization to practice of hawking, "they add.
The councilman of Commerce, María Isabel Sánchez, said in a statement that "today, more than a hundred families living in Totana engaged vendors in this and other towns in the Region of Murcia, and have the activity as their main economic activity and means of family life. "
Street trading, as the mayor said, "has suffered in recent years considerable changes becoming a well established business, which is essential to determination of a minimum set of technical criteria that serves to homogenize, reorder and control this type of activity. "
In this regard, he explained that "the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has pushed through the amendment of existing legislation, which causes a number of drawbacks and limitations relevant to the activities of commercial delivery services."
These shortcomings, as Isabel Maria Sanchez, "have generated considerable concern and a great discomfort among professionals in the field of vendors in our town, as the complaints of the merchants are motivated because the authorization to engage in street trading a limited duration, as reflected in Article 3 of this rule, which states that the City shall determine the duration of the authorization for its exercise. "
Moreover, "it set a limit for a period not exceeding four years of occupation of public roads, resulting, according to denounce those affected, redress the injustice of investments made by their owners and a clear lack of security guarantees and stability of industry professionals hawking. "
In this regard, he added "Spanish autonomous communities exist, as for example the case of Madrid, which has updated its regulations governing street vending under a transitional regime for holders of municipal permits to develop the business to come before ".
